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Miscellaneous items collection

MC 207

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held
at the University of Pennsylvania. Unless
otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our
reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

This is an artificial collection of miscellaneous items that came to the Bates Center unsolicited and/or for which provenance
is unclear. These individual items are not related to each other by subject, material type, or provenance. Materials may include
organizational records, correspondence, personal notebooks, and ephemera.

Cite as:

Miscellaneous items collection, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

Corporate Name(s)

Form/Genre(s)

Scope and Contents note

This file contains 3 reports relating to hospital textiles and linens: "Summary Report of the General Conference on Simplification
of Hospital and Institutional Textiles", June 10, 1927; "American Hospital Association Linen Survey", November 1926; and "Hospital
Survey: Use of Color in Hospitals" by Herbert A. Ehrman, undated.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of Cheryl Boberick and Martie McCartney, 2011.

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

United States. Department of Commerce..

Form/Genre(s)

2011.33. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) Silverstein Pavilion materials, 1977-1986.

Scope and Contents note

This file contains printed programs and brochures discussing the Silverstein Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania. It also includes a handmade folder, titled "The Best of '12'", containing pasted nurse uniform catalog pages
with typed captions.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Controlled Access Headings

Form/Genre(s)

Personal Name(s)

Acc. 2009.01. Margy Meyerson. [3 folders].

Scope and Contents note

Meyerson donated a number of printed items, mostly pamphlets, that have been cataloged in the Center's book collection. These
folders contain her donations of University of Pennsylvania-related material, mostly concerning health sciences events.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of Margy Meyerson, 2009.

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

Personal Name(s)

Meyerson, Margy Ellinar

Subject(s)

Health policy.

Box

Acc. 2009.01. Meetings and related records, University of Pennsylvania, 1979-2004.